Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca on April 2nd announced that the number of confirmed cases from coronavirus increased by 2,456 to 18,135 and that the death rate rose by 79 to 336. This has been the highest rise since the outbreak began.
The minister also added that 415 people have recovered with 1,101 being treated in the ICU and that “82 percent of fatalities from coronavirus occurred among citizens aged over 60”.
Koca stated on Twitter that “18,757 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of tests carried out to 125,566 since the outbreak began”.
Data has shown that there are 1,101 patients in intensive care units and that the number of intubated patients is 783.
New hospitals are opening around the country and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that "we are opening the first phase of Ikitelli City Hospital, which has 2,682 beds, on April 20, and that we will complete our other hospitals quickly and put them into the service of our nation."
